Biodiversity, distributions and adaptations of arctic species in the context of environmental change

Ambio

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 404-417

  Callaghan, Terry V ^a   Björn, Lars Olof ^b   Chernov, Yuri ^c   Chapin, Terry ^d   Christensen, Torben R ^b   Huntley, Brian ^e   Ims, Rolf A ^f   Johansson, Margareta ^a   Jolly, Dyanna ^g   Jonasson, Sven ^h   Matveyeva, Nadya ⁱ   Panikov, Nicolai ^j   Oechel, Walter ^k   Shaver, Gus ^l   Elster, Josef ^m   Henttonen, Heikki ⁿ   Laine, Kari ⁿ   Taulavuori, Kari ⁿ   Taulavuori, Erja ⁿ   Zöckler, Christoph ^o  

^a ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^g LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ KOMAROV BOTANICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^j STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^m INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^o UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 8844246435     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-33.7.404     Document Type: Review

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204. Acknowledgements. We thank Cambridge University Press for permission to reproduce this paper. TVC and MJ gratefully acknowledge the grant from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency that allowed them to participate in ACIA. We also thank the participants reviewers and particularly the leaders of the ACIA process for their various contributions to this study. Anders Michelsen kindly provided information on mycorrhizal fungi. Participation of K. Laine and E. Taulavuori have been facilitated by financial support from the Academy of Finland and Thule Institute, University of Oulu. Phycology research in the Arctic by J. Elster and colleagues has been sponsored by two grants; the Natural Environment Research Council (LSF-82/2002), and the Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic (KONTAKT - ME 576).